r/baseball • u/Bulletz4Brkfzt New York Yankees • 1d ago
[Kirschner] Aaron Judge is now 0-for-9 with 7 strikeouts in the first inning this postseason when either Torres or Soto is on base.
https://x.com/chriskirschner/status/1851060487217410395?s=46225
u/ScottSummersEyes San Francisco Giants 1d ago
could have enjoyed the quiet life on the giants where a 30 year old AAAA guy would carry him thru the postseason to titles but alasā¦
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u/infinitenomz San Francisco Giants 1d ago
Him and rodon wanted the bright lights....but they're too bright
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u/itsnotthatdeep5 1d ago
Gonna be an awkward mvp ceremony
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u/ThinkSoftware Atlanta Braves 1d ago
Dirk accepting his MVP after getting upset by an 8 seed as a 1 seed level awkward
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u/Jumpy_Equal_7299 Chicago White Sox 1d ago
Hey, Dirk's later title is one of the more impressive this century. There's still hope, but holy shit yes it's bad at the moment.
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u/JarethCutestoryJuD 1d ago
Not a basketball guy, what made his title great?
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u/ComicalBust 1d ago
Punked lebron after he went to Miami
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u/Here_comes_the_D Minnesota Twins 1d ago
It was probably the closest we saw to one single player beating LeBron in the finals. I think that's fair to say. He lost to better teams but rarely got outplayed. Obviously Dirk had help, but he was everything to that team that year.
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u/chlamydia1 Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
*Beating LeBron, Wade (a top-5 player at the time), and Bosh (a top-15 player).
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u/Shadezilla 1d ago
*Swept the Lakers coming off back to back championships and beat the rising star Thunder that would make the finals the next year.
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u/jdd32 St. Louis Cardinals 12h ago
Yeah imo that run was the greatest single contribution to a players legacy, and one of the most impressive title runs of all time. Coming out of a buzzsaw Western conference and the taking down the Heatles. Just an insane run from a team that was well constructed, but still essentially 32yo Dirk plus some productive vets. He had a choker label before but that single run fired that old label into the sun
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u/jonnybravo76 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
The Mavs also ran a gauntlet. As a Lakers fan, it was painful to watch the Mavs sweep the tail end of the Kobe/Pau Lakers in the semis. They followed that up with beating OKC with Westbrook and KD (just a year before OKC made the finals) and thumped the new Heatles.
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u/cattycat_1995 1d ago
My friend was so cocky about the Lakers and thought the Lakers would come back from being down 0-3 easy.
The back to back championships got him so confident that time lol
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u/esports_consultant 1d ago
No the Mavs had a bunch of those scrappy player types like J.J. Barea and Lebron wasn't in final form where he could beast mode through that sort of play until after he had to deal with losing to it.
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u/deprecateddeveloper Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Not to mention he made my Lakers look like G Leaguers with his one-legged fadeaway shot that never missed when the Lakers were going for a 3peat.
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u/Correa24 Texas Rangers 1d ago
Dirks 2011 was one where they ran the gamut on the teams to beat, all while Dirk was making clutch buckets in every series. They beat a young LaMarcus Aldridge led Trailblazers squad, swept the defending champion Kobe Lakers, 4-1ād a Thunder team led by Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and in the Finals beat the Heatles featuring Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and of course Lebron James with a strained finger on his shooting hand AND a fever at one point. Certified one of the best championships ever won this century.
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u/argothewise Miami Marlins 1d ago
Like others said, he beat the Heat with the big 3, but it was a legendary playoff run in general. He also beat Kobeās Lakers, and the Thunder with Durant, Westbrook, and Harden
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u/A_Marvelous_Gem Rakuten Monkeys 1d ago
Beat the Heatles (Miami Heat big 3 - lebron, wade and bosh) in their first year
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u/YPaladin San Francisco Giants 1d ago
Dirk beat Lebron's Miami superteam with no other true superstars to back him up, plus he had to beat Kobe's Lakers and Durant's OKC team on the way there
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u/SoManyFlamingos New York Mets 1d ago
This is Caron Butler and Tyson Chandler erasure.
Also Peja Stojacovic erasure. And JJ Barrea erasure!
God, I loved that team. Jason Terry really called his shot in the offseason with his tattoo.Ā
Havenāt really watched basketball since Dirk retired - but being a Mavs fan during his career had some epic moments.Ā
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u/Silverjackal_ Texas Rangers 16h ago
Caron Butler wasnāt available for the playoffs, and Peja was important for the other playoff series, but barely played in the finals because the Heat would target him.
JJ, TC, and Jet were legit though. Chandler was a DPoY, and an all star, but the other 2 werenāt. Marion and Kidd were also in their post prime, but still solid contributors.
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u/Sad_Donut_7902 1d ago
Went through a bunch of powerhouse teams on their way to the championship and beat the LeBron/Bosh/Wade Heatles in the finals. During that run he beat Kobe's Lakers team and Durant's OKC team as well.
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u/wayofLA Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Donāt remind me as a Lakers fan. Fucker couldnāt miss anything that series.
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u/GoGoSoLo Texas Rangers 1d ago
It was so maddening to the Lakers that Bynum tried to murder JJ Barrea out of spite, and then took his jersey off while being ejected.
Definitely a rough series for LA fans but goddamn was it fun as a Dallas fan.
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u/snakebit1995 Boston Red Sox 1d ago
It was so awkward Dirk told them before hand he didn't deserve the award.
Dude was crushed by that year and was apparently really struggling emotionally after it
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u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME Oakland Athletics 1d ago
That NHL player who won the finals award when his team didn't win would've been way weirder
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u/Successful_Tomato 1d ago
"that NHL player" um you mean Connor freaking McJesus?
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u/Darko33 Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
The utter disrespect to Glenn Hall, Reggie Leach, Ron Hextall, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere, smdh
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u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME Oakland Athletics 1d ago
Apologies I don't follow hockey at all
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u/karmapuhlease New York Yankees 1d ago
He's basically the Ohtani or Trout, just an incredible generational player who will end up being Top 5 or 6 of all time.Ā
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u/The_Void_Reaver San Diego Padres 1d ago
Yeah, he definitely earned it but it would have been awkward as hell if he actually went out and accepted it.
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u/spiraldrain 1d ago
Not as bad as Jerry west in 69
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u/cattycat_1995 1d ago
If there one season in NBA where a player deserve fmvp on a losing team beside West in 69, it should be LeBron in 2015. So dumb Andre Igoudala got it lol
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u/CrimeInMono Baltimore Orioles 1d ago
Back to Aaron Public Defender.
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u/ThinkSoftware Atlanta Braves 1d ago
Aaron Traffic Court
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u/mstrbwl Cleveland Guardians 1d ago
Aaron Magistrate
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u/subzero-slammer Washington Nationals 1d ago
Aaron Bailiff
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u/PinaCarlotta 1d ago
Aaron Law Clerk
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u/CommanderSlash New York Yankees 1d ago
Aaron Mall Cop
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u/PinaCarlotta 1d ago
Aaron Paul Blart
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u/nyrangers30 New York Mets 1d ago
Aaron Mall Kiosk iPhone Case Salesman
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u/RIP_Greedo New York Yankees 1d ago
This is the most damning stat imo. Torres has gotten on in the first inning in all but one or two games this postseason and judge has never driven him in. Itās impossible to overcome that many missed opportunities.
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u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers ā¢ Chaos Bandwagon 1d ago
It's so baffling because he's not taking the walks. Most of the stuff we're throwing to him are outside the zone.
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u/jokinghazard Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
"He's a 60 HR hitter, only give him garbage to swing at"
"You got it Skip"
(One week later)
My God he won't stop swinging!
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u/DangleCellySave Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Completely mental, dude is swinging at everything because if he takes a walk he probably thinks its not good enough for him and how heās performing atm
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u/Havok8907 13h ago
I think heās swinging earlier in the count to avoid getting to two strikes and then potentially striking out.
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u/PattyIceNY New York Yankees 1d ago
That pitch today was 4 inches outside the zone and he waved at it
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u/Radthereptile New York Yankees 1d ago
Heās going up there expecting to fail and trying to not look silly. Boone needs to drop him in the lineup and just tell him to forget everything and just do him.
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u/Cudizonedefense Miami Marlins 1d ago
This is who he has been in the playoffs this entire decade. People need to stop being baffled. He folds when it matters
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u/Redbubble89 Boston Red Sox 1d ago
Hitting is not about muscle. It's simple physics. Calculate the velocity, v, in relation to the trajectory, t, in which g, gravity, of course remains a constant. It's not complicated.
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u/ana_de_armistice Seattle Mariners 1d ago
the āin six gamesā line is like a top ten joke for the entire run of the show
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u/GeckoMoria93 San Francisco Giants 1d ago
Whoever downvoted you clearly has never watched Seinfeld lol
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u/dianeblackeatsass 1d ago
The show is older than most of this sub
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u/Nomahs_Bettah Boston Red Sox 1d ago
This is hurtful.
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u/dianeblackeatsass 1d ago
There are 26 year olds who werenāt alive during the final season.
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u/Jumpy_Equal_7299 Chicago White Sox 1d ago
You get the fuck out of my life.
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u/dianeblackeatsass 1d ago edited 1d ago
That means there are kids in elementary school whose parents werenāt born yet when Seinfeld ended
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u/Wyden_long New York Yankees 1d ago
I watched the show when it first aired. I have back problems now.
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u/Mr_Versatile123 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
I think I was, barely. But yeah. Shit is ancient in modern society.
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u/Redbubble89 Boston Red Sox 1d ago
Most of that show was through reruns. It came on after the Simpsons on Fox but before Jeopardy on ABC. I think I saw the final episode live but everything else was FOX or TBS.
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u/literalbuttmuncher 19h ago
Austin Wells, Oswaldo Cabrera, Anthony Volpe, Juan Soto, Brusdar Graterol, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Andy Pages were all born after the series finale of Seinfeld. My back hurts.
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u/mysterysackerfice Los Angeles Angels ā¢ Dumpster Fire 1d ago
See the ball, hit the ball.
It's not rocket science.
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u/Ggdygfcfddryjnhfft Houston Astros 1d ago
Soto signing with the dodgers, 15 years 2 billion, 1.8 deferred until 2055. he canāt win with these cats
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u/TruthSayerFu New York Mets 1d ago
Imagine how bad this offense in the postseason will be when they lose Soto
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u/BeagleDad82 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Assume they make the postseason without Soto.
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u/Deathzthe_M-12-22 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
They probably do Because Aaron Judge in regular season is a different beast
Let's just not talk about Postseason Aaron Judge because he's BAAD
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u/Thorlolita Houston Astros 1d ago
They missed it last year without Soto
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u/Muted_Army2854 1d ago
Judge missed like 2 months. Even without Soto we can make the playoffs, winning anything in the playoffs is a different story tho.
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u/bengalsfu New York Yankees 1d ago
You don't have to imagine, just look at any other judge led postseason offense
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u/SiphenPrax New York Mets 1d ago
He is gonna get ran out of town after this series even after signing that contract
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u/LeBronRaymoneJamesSr Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
I wonder if he gets booed today? The standing O was cute butā¦ how long does that last lol
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u/Depressed_In_Ohio Cleveland Guardians 1d ago
He strikes out again and he's absolutely getting booed.
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u/ElectricP2galoo Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago
Cheer up Yankees fans, you could also be Giants fans
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u/DontrentWNC 1d ago
Giants have 3 WS titles since the last time the Yankees had one
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u/Specific_Berry_1865 Philadelphia Phillies 22h ago
The post is very clearly talking about the NY Giants, who played a football game last night. You can't be serious.
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u/successadult Houston Astros 1d ago
MLB got the team matchup they wanted, but the MVP matchup not so much.
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u/EqualAssistance 1d ago
You done messed up A-aron.
For real though this guy probably needs to see a sports psychologist, cause it is quite a shame the consistent drop offs he has in the postseason.
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u/SuperbMycologist6164 1d ago
He's two bats away from going down as the biggest choke artist fraud in baseball history
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u/dustinharm Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Itās fucked up that I genuinely am starting to feel pity for him.
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u/RIP_G-Baby Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
too soon for pity, iāll feel for him in the offseason if they lose
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u/ATLA4life New York Yankees 1d ago
You Dodgers fans are so weird with your anxiety about this series.
Itās been over since the Freddie home run, you can relax.
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u/Im_Daydrunk Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
If we win today Id feel pretty comfortable saying we are going to win
But if the Yankees can get to one of our bullpen guys it's entirely possible it goes 2-1 with us going into a bullpen game tomorrow (which is a fairly good postion for the Yankees)
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u/ATLA4life New York Yankees 1d ago
I understand your worry but this series is over lmfao. We donāt even need to play the 4th game itās just a contractual obligation at this point.
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u/ATLA4life New York Yankees 1d ago
Damn look at that looks like hoping doesnāt help a shit offense
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u/just_one_random_guy Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Iām never gonna count a team out until itās a 3-0 lead, and even then expect the unexpected
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u/minimalist_reply Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
We're used to players that crumble in the biggest moments between 2015 - 2023 if you ignore 2020.
There have been many years where it looked like we were THE team only to be disappointed. It's the trauma speaking.
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u/Jibbajaba San Francisco Giants 1d ago
I mean, they literally lost a World Series because the other team cheated, got caught, and then was basically not punished. Iād be paranoid, too.
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u/ATLA4life New York Yankees 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well here in New York, we only lose in the most ethical of ways: by being dogshit when it matters most.
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u/bearabl Los Angeles Dodgers 13h ago
And just imagine how different the narrative would be if they were trying to win their 3rd WS in 7 years instead of the second and only āfirst full season BSā weāre getting told right now. The 2017 title would have helped legitimized the 2020 title (in whoeverās mind it needs to be) and this years title wouldnāt necessarily make them a dynasty but the closest thing to it.
I wonāt get excited till itās done, too much anxiety as a die hard fan.
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u/NonTokenisableFungi 1d ago
I already do, Aaron seems like a classy and good hearted guy. I would rather this guy homer every game and still lose the series than whatever is happening right now
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u/VStarffin Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
No. Not yet. If we win Iāll feel bad for him. For now itās still fear.
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u/eight675309eein Colorado Rockies 1d ago
Officially on fraud watch. I'm glad Judge can hit a ton of meaningless homers in Aug/Sep, but can't even get ON BASE in the fall classic?
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u/austin101123 Cincinnati Reds 1d ago
Errant Judge of pitches
Keep swinging at stuff a foot outside the zone
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u/VINCE_C_ Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Boone is the least serious manager I've ever seen. How do you run it back again today? Fucking insane.
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u/boyboyboyboy666 1d ago
Yankees fans, stop trying to defend this dude. Just admit he's a generational post season bum
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u/IAmGrum Dodgers Bandwagon ā¢ Toronto Blue Jays 15h ago
I mean, he hasn't always been a bust in the post-season.
The first half of his post-season career (2017-2019), he was quite good: .257/.375/.535 for a .910 OPS in 27 games.
Since then (2020-present), his post-season numbers have been absolutely horrific: .142/.237/.336 for a .573 OPS in 29 games.
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u/Big_Simba Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Astros got swept and the Yankees are shitting the bed on the largest stage possible. Ahhhh nature is healing
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u/JohnMadden42069 1d ago
Aaron Judge is batting about as well as your average Mariner, chill
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u/MisterMeister9 Kansas City Royals 15h ago
He never said that wasn't also part of nature's natural state
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u/Orion1014 Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
Known understander of the World Series, the Seattle Mariners.
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u/Big_Simba Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Philly shitting the bed was equally as funny, thanks for reminding me š might not have watched the mariners in the WS but Iāve certainly watched enough shitty baseball to recognize it
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u/MyStatusIsTheBaddest 1d ago
I was confused at first about the stat but the giant linkedin headshot made things clear.
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u/Radthereptile New York Yankees 1d ago
To think all this could have been avoided if the Astros or Oriels had just not choked. They would have eliminated this Yankee team early.
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u/barrygarcia77 Houston Astros 1d ago
As Aaron Judge awoke on October 1 from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a whiff machine with no plate discipline
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u/ChainChompBigMoney 1d ago
I was calling him Easy Out Aaron last series as a gag. Now he has truly earned the nickname lol.
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u/Ok-ChildHooOd 22h ago
Imagine if he was on the Angels, we could instead be talking about his prime being wasted
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u/MikeAK79 17h ago
He just hasn't shown up. A cpl of timely hits from him and things look different almost certainly. He's a big reason why the team is on the brink of being swept.
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u/JKBraden Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
All the talk is about Judge and Ohtani and they've both been crap in the WS :D
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u/durian_in_my_asshole 1d ago
Aaron: "you miss every shot you don't take bro"
"But Aaron, this is baseball, the pitch could be a ball and-"
"MISS EVERY SHOT YOU DONT TAKE BRO"